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Is Tropicana Pineapple Mango Refreshers ultra-processed?

46 fl oz Multifruit juices Sold in the United States

Pack of Tropicana Pineapple Mango Refreshers

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed multifruit juices

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Filtered water, sugar, mango puree, apple juice, pineapple juice concentrate, citric acid, natural flavors, orange juice, passionfruit, ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Filtered water, sugar, mango puree concentrate, apple juice concentrate, pineapple juice concentrate, citric acid, natural flavors, orange juice concentrate, passionfruit concentrate, ascorbic acid (vitamin C).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 42 multifruit juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 30th. 40% of the multifruit juices here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 42 multifruit juices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0048500205877, last edited 11 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.